Middle English Dictionary Entry
evōcāciōn n.
Entry Info
| Forms | evōcāciōn n. |
| Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Gram. The naming or specification of the referent of a pronoun of the first or second person, which results in deviation from the normal rule of the concord of person; such a deviation from, or 'hindering' of, the concord of person.
Associated quotations
- c1450 Battlefield Gram.(Trin-C O.5.4)120 : How knowest euocacion? A settyng to gedre of twey nominatyf case of diuerse person wyth oute a coniunccion j sette by twene, as ego Iohannes sedeo in cathedra.
- c1450 Battlefield Gram.(Trin-C O.5.4)99 : By euocacion, as I Wylyam am youre frende, ego Willelmus sum vester amicus.